Scald Miserables (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Scald Miserables

A set of mock masons, who, A.D. 1744, made a ludicrous procession in ridicule of the Free Masons.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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